International Students Orientation @ UMich

willowhearted
Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:44:16 +0000

I’m an international student who will be attending UMich in the fall of 2016. I heard from a friend (a current international freshman at UM) that he flew to UM from China to attend one of the summer orientation programs. However, I read on the umich website that orientation is only available for international students on August 29th. Does that mean we can’t register for any of the summer orientation programs? How come my friend was able to attend one of those sessions as an international student?
I heard that classes at UM fill up pretty quickly, so I want to make sure I still get to register for the classes I want. I’m planning on making a trip to the US from China specifically just for orientation, just so that I can register for courses. Please let me know if international students can attend those summer sessions, and if not, whether classes do actually fill up so quickly that international kids don’t get a chance to register for what they want.